This dramatic photograph, taken aboard USS Boxer on 19 May 1951, captures a tense moment during Korean War carrier flight operations: two F4U Corsairs sit ready on the flight deck while, in the background, a rescue helicopter searches the water where a pilot had just gone down. Handwritten captions like this one, preserved in personal photo albums, provide invaluable firsthand documentation of the dangers routinely faced by naval aviators, both in combat and in the demanding business of carrier flight operations itself. Project: 218203